Baripada Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Baripada.

Baripada (ST)
Constituency No. 33 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
LS constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	1951
Total electors	167,252
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prakash Soren
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Baripada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Baripada town, Baripada block, Khunta block and 9 GPs (Gudialbandh, Jadunathpur, Jarkani, Khanua, Naupal, Purnachandpur, Sankerko, Tangasol and Uthaninuagaon) of Badasahi block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2019			45.08%
2014			37.49%
2009			29.66%
2004			35.26%
2000			43.17%
1995			36.81%
1990			37.59%
1985			54.64%
1980			50.94%
1977			32.88%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Baripada constituency are: ^{[4] [5]}

Election	AC No.	Portrait	Name	Vote share	Party
2024	33
2019	33		Prakash Soren	45.08		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	33		Sananda Marndi	37.49		Biju Janata Dal
2009	33		Sananda Marndi	29.66		Biju Janata Dal
2004	7		Bimal Lochan Das	35.26		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000	7		Kishore Dash	43.17		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1995	7		Prasanna Kumar Dash	36.81		Indian National Congress
1990	7		Chhatish Chandra Dhal	37.59		Janata Dal
1985	7		Prasanna Kumar Dash	54.64		Indian National Congress
1980	7		Prasanna Kumar Dash	50.94		Indian National Congress
1977	7		Prasanna Kumar Dash	32.88		Indian National Congress
1974	7		Pramod Chandra Bhanj Deo	47.22		Independent politician
1971	6		Pramod Chandra Bhanj Deo	39.96		Independent politician
1967	6		Santosh Kumar Sahu	-		Indian National Congress
1961	139		Santosh Kumar Sahu	-		Indian National Congress
1957 [lower-alpha 1]	100	-	Harihar Mohanty	-		Praja Socialist Party
			Samai Majhi	-		Independent politician
1951 [lower-alpha 2]	46	-	Girish Chandra Roy	-		Socialist Party
		-	Surendra Singh	-		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Baripada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sananda Marandi
	BJP	Prakash Soren
	INC	Pramod Kumar Hembram
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In the 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prakash Soren defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarojini Hembram by a margin of 19,411 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Soren	72,225	45.08
	BJD	Sarojini Hembram	52,814	32.96
	INC	Dasaratha Singh	26,978	16.84
	NOTA	NOTA	2,325	1.45	-
Majority			19,411	12.12
Turnout			1,60,228	74.13
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sananda Marndi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nisamani Baske by a margin of 17,114 votes. ^[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sananda Marndi	54,131	37.49	7.83
	BJP	Nisamani Baske	37,017	25.64	2.03
	INC	Priyabrata Majhi	21,933	15.19	0.31
	JMM	Fagu Hansda	19,214	13.31	-12.18
	NOTA	None of the above	2,199	1.52	-
Majority			17,114	11.85
Turnout			1,44,388	76.21	7.92
Registered electors			1,89,471
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sananda Marndi defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Bhadav Hansdah by a margin of 4,760 votes. ^[11]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sananda Marndi	33,840	29.66	-
	JMM	Bhadav Hansdah	29,080	25.49	-
	BJP	Golak Bihari Naik	26,940	23.61	-
	INC	Kanhu Soren	16,979	14.88	-
Majority			4,760	4.17 [lower-alpha 3]	-
Turnout			1,14,213	68.29	-
	BJD gain from JMM

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. %of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
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8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Baripada". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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